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APPLICATION FILED AUG.15, 1919. 1,345,523 Patented July 69 R92.,

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APPLICATION IIIIZD AUG. I5. 1919.

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To `all whom t may concern.'

`lie it known that l, STANLEY ViAszKna- `wona citizen of Poland, residing at 123 Ninth streetdissaic, county otlassaic, and

i citate of New Jersey, have invented certain new andusefnl linprovernents1 in Drlersa of which the following is a specification.

'this lnf'ention has for its object the provision oi nieans whereby a laundried article inay bewsubjected to the air, in the process `of drying, in a noveland convenient inanner,

A further object is; to provide awash `hangercapable ot being attached to the walls oi? a building, adjacent to the window, so `that the laundried articles may be conveniently `placedon the wash line and eX` tended outwardly from the window withpanying drawings, forming a material Vpart *of this disclosure, and 1n which- Figure 1f is atop plan view showing a wwash hanger rnadein accordance with the invention andindieating its application.

Fig. 2is a: partial side elevational and vertical sectional view of saine, the section being taken on line 2-42 of Fig. 1.

3 is an enlarged view of the rotary hanger head. i

Fig. et is a transverse sectional view taken on line 11-4 of Fig; 3.

`Fig. 5 is a side elevational view, partially "in section, the section being taken on line fio 5--5 of Fig. 1. n y

lig. 6 1s a top plan view showing a modi- 1ication in construction, and

Fig. 'l' is aside elevational view ot `the sanne,` the parts being shown in another position.

Referring to the drawings in detailg the numeral 1() indicates conventionally the wall of abuilding containing a window frame 11, in which operate sashes 12 and 13, re-

spectively upper and lower.

`ldigidly engaged to the wall 10, centrally ont and below the window trame 11? is a bracket 14: having an extending hollow angular arm 15 adapted to rigidly supporta tapering bar` 16, provided with aiiattened @horizontal hollow head 17, and passing through the head 17 is arectangular bar 18 `Spect'icaton of Letters Patent.

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`relnovably engaged and held in position by a collar 19 clamped by a screw 20. l

iorined at the upper end of the bar 18 is a cmuicaiv head 21, mounting an eye 22 in avhich are enoaged the outer ends of a pair oit guy-rods 23, the saine diverging `outwardly and upwardly to engage with hooks 241i, secured in the wall 10 adjacent to the sides ot the window traine at its extreme upper end. i

Resting upon the head 17 is a circular plate 259` having` raised hub portion 26 at its center containing an opening tor the bar 18a and formed with the margin oit the plate is an annular raised element 27, its upper edge cut diagonally, forming a canisurface `28, opposed to which is a similar cam survface 29 on the downwardly extending tia/nge 80, formed with another circular plate 31 having a raised hub 32, upon which the head 21 of the rectangular bar lnormally rests.

fin inwardly extending hub 33 is termed with the plate 31, the saniehaving an openn `ingsuited to receive the bar 18, the hub 33 having a cylindrical exterior upon which is rotatably engaged a sleeve 34, `resting upon ball bearings 85, engaged within the recess ot the hub 2(3 so that it niay freely rotate within the casing` formed by the elements 25, 27@ 30, and 31.

A. cover plate 36 is secured by screws 37 tothe upperflanged portion 38 ot the sleeve 3d and engaged' between arrns extending from the flange 38 and cover plate 36, on pins 397 are a plurality oit arms 10, the saine extending outward between the cani faces 28 and. 29 and rotate with the hub 34. The arms t() extend out to a considerable dis tance from the anis o'l' the structure and are provided with heads Ll-l.,'having recesses i2 and 41:3 adapted to receive a wash line or cord 4A.

Fixed upon the wall 10, at each side of and midway in the height ot the window are brackets 1:1 carrying rods 116 which have pvot pins 17 at their outer ends engaging rectangular blocks 48 so that theblocks may be rotated upon the end oi the rods 4:6.

Engaged with the forked ends of the blocks d8, on pins i-9 are the hinged ele ments 50 of strips 51, normally extending toward the hraclets 45 and provided with lugs o2, extending outwardly so as to malte contact with the surface of the rods 16 when the blocks 4a@ are in a horizontal position.

Plate arins 53 extend from the blocks 18 v'with the arms 40, which are vraised and lowlugs 70,-formed with the latch elements 71 and rigidly inserted therein are spindles 54, having enlarged heads 55 at one end and provided with reduced screw-threaded ends 56 upon which are engaged nuts 57, the same making contact with cups 58 carrying a plurality otballs 59 and constituting ball bearings in which the hubs 60 rest, the hubs rotating upon the spindles 54. Formed with the hubs 60 are a plurality of arms 6l, terminating in flat heads 62 containing re'- cesses 63,'ad'apted tov recei-vethe cord 44.

Referring-to Fig. l, it will be seen that the line 44 passingclosely in irontv of the window ll, is supported and guided by passing over the" smaller wheels and engaging ered due to'their cam engagement as they are rotated. After the line 44 has been removed the latch elements 5l are turned outwardly, permitting the blocks 48 to assume a vertical position', as .shownin the dotted line in Fig. 5, at that time hanging suspended beside the wall of the building.

In the modification shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the lconstruction is the same so far the cam actuated and smaller wheels, together with the support bracket, but thesupporting connections between the smaller support wheels and the bracket are sol constructed that the Ysmallerv wheels, together with the cord, may be entered inwardly through the -window opening so as to receive the laundried articles thereon preliminary to Aextending and drying.

In Vthisadaptation the rods 46 are extended verticallyy upward, as at 65, and on them are pivoted laterally extendingplate elements 66 carrying .pivot pins 67,'supporting arms 68, connected by a`transverse bar 69, the arms 68 Vwhen extended resting on pivoted upon pins 72 in the plates 66, the smaller wheels, generally denominated by the numeral 60, being pivoted upon pins set vin the transverse bar 69 in a manner which is clearly apparent in Fig. 6.

Thus the bar 69 may be turned inwardly through the window permitting the clothing to be secured in a convenient manner and without leaning outward from the window, preventing danger to the operator, who, by merely pulling the cord 44 in the desired direction, is enabled to pass the clothing outward through the opening or, in the preferred embodiment, causing the cord to move in a circular path upon the outer drier arms. The device sliding freely upward upon the vertical rods 65, so that the clothing is not brought in contact with the window sill when moved out and when the device is not in use the wheels 60 may hang suspended as shownin Fig. 7.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a wash hanger, the combination with a support extending diagonally upward from the wall of the building, a cam fixed upon said support, said cam having a diagonal groove in the peripheral face thereof', a hub rotatably mounted interiorly of said cam, a plurality of arms radiating from said hub engageable in the groove of said cam whereby they are alternately raised .and lowered as they are rotated, a pair of spoked pulleys pivotally mounted adjacent to a window in said wall, recesses formed at the ends of said spokes and the ends of said arms adapted to receive a cord.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

STANLEY VVASZKIEWICZ. 

